YouTuber Ryan Kaji earned US$26 million in 2019 on his YouTube channel.

He becomes the highest-paid creator on the platform.

According to the details, Ryan Kaji was already the video platform’s highest earner in 2018, with US$22 million.

Ryan Kaji’s real name is Ryan Guan.

Channel Ryan’s World launched in 2015 which has 22.9 million subscribers.

Initially called Ryan ToysReview, the channel mostly consisted of unboxing videos.

The videos shows the star opening boxes of toys and playing with them.

Several of the videos have racked up more than one billion views.

Ryan Kaji

The channel has received almost 35 billion views since its creation, according to data from the analytics website.

Recently, the channel was renamed after a consumer advocacy organization filed a complaint.

Truth in Advertising, filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about it.

Truth in Advertising accused the channel of not clearly denoting which videos had been sponsored, meaning brands paid for the video to feature their products.

The channel has also evolved as Ryan ages, now offering more educational videos in addition to the toys.

Ryan Kaji surpassed the channel “Dude Perfect”, run by a group of friends from Texas who attempt seemingly impossible feats.

They feature launching basketballs into hoops from the tops of buildings or out of helicopters.

Dude Perfect came in second, up from third the year before, having earned US$20 million between Jun 1, 2018 and Jun 1, 2019.

Russia’s Anastasia Radzinskaya, in third place earned $18 million at the age of 5 years.

Her channels “Like Nastya Vlog” and “Funny Stacy” boast nearly 70 million subscribers in total, with videos in Russian, English and Spanish.

At the beginning of September, Google agreed to pay a US$170 million fine after the FTC accused the internet giant of collecting personal data from child YouTube users without permission.